Geo: -37.8143, 144.963TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7I got up this morning to work on my journal, then I went down to Deck 8. Glenn joined me at 8am. An older man named Gary sat down and asked me some questions - how do you get here? What about this? He kind of had a negative attitude. Glenn and I then went down to the Versailles Restaurant and then Gary and his wife Elenor joined us. Gary's daughter works for GMO (Global Mission Outreach).Glenn and I went to the 10am instructions about the upcoming tours. At 10:45am, I realized that we had the Cruise Critic reception like we had on the previous cruise. I sat at the table where Beverly was. I had sent her several emails about the progress of our cruise. She is cruising with her mom, ... read more

Geo: -27.4676, 153.028FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3We got up early for sunrise and I went to straight deck 7. There was a straight back chair, so I could sit comfortably and do my morning devotions and cross stitch. Glenn met me and we walked up to level 8 for O'Sheehan's Bar and Grill where I normally "park" myself.We attended the 10am lecture on Sydney by Peter. Then we ate lunch at the Versailes, and got there to be one of the first to be seated. We sat at the very back. We needed to be at the 1pm presentation that they had for us "going on the back to back" cruise. It was just a formative meeting about how our luggage will be handled especially since we are changing staterooms. We started talking to some folks from Atlanta. ... read more

Geo: -12.4613, 130.842Monday, January 30After going to bed late, like nearly 11pm, I woke up several times during the night. Glenn was sleeping so well. We just spent the whole day in our Stateroom.We turned the TV and watched the All Star game for the NFL. It hadn't been published, but we found it. We did not even get out for breakfast or even for lunch. After the game, I took a good long nap.We did get out of our stateroom at 5pm, to go to dinner and to see the Special show that night at 5:30pm. Very good show. Glad we got out of the stateroom. The day was beautiful as I saw a lot of folks getting a tan.After the show, we went up to the dessert place and ran into Norma again. She ... read more

Geo: -8.36369, 115.17FRIDAY, JANUARY 27This morning, I woke up and went to my normal location to cross stitch. The O'Sheehan's Bar and Grill. Everything was nice and quiet. Glenn joined me around 7amish. Glenn left at 9am to go work out, and I continued their in the booth, until 9:45 and I walked down to the Stardust Theatre for Peter's presentation on Darwin and Cairns. That lasted for 1 hour. Glenn and I walked around. Just before noon, we decided to go to the Atrium and sit in the O'Sheehan's Bar and Grill just to see what was going on, and maybe hear people's reaction and stuff. Well, there was a muty. The whole 4 levels were people "protesting" about the cancellation of the stops. One gentleman got people's attention and said they need to remain ... read more

Geo: 1.28941, 103.85TUESDAY, JANUARY 24 - SEA DAYSo I got up at 5:30am, took a shower and left for the O'Sheehan's Bar and Grill to get a booth so I could cross stitch. I knew we would be crossing the equator between 6am and 6:30am. I wanted to see the dotted white line - equator. I had put a stickn note on the time to remind Glenn of our activities for the day. 10am - lecture by Peter; 11:30am - ice carving out by the pool; 12:00 - Equator ceremony out by the pool and then 2pm showing of Sully. I also reminded Glenn where he could find me.I had a very enjoyable morning cross stitching. Glenn appeared on the scene around 8am. He asked if Norma had found me. Norma was the 72 year old ... read more